Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Papyrus 959
- Record Id:
- 040-003536775
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101224070.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469621.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 959
- Title:
- Receipt for Wine (SB XVIII 13309, P.Lond. III 959 descr., TM 18366)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt issued by the officials responsible for the distributions to the army (diadotai) for a quantity of wine supplied by the heirs of Olympias at the temple of Tyche on account of the annona. With four subscriptions at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003536775 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 959 : Receipt for Wine (SB XVIII 13309, P.Lond. III 959 descr., TM 18366) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1532]/040-003536775
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, broken off at the left and top; with abrasion on the left, and holes along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 27 lines, lacking the beginnings. The lower margin measures 200 mm; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469621.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0297
- End Date:
- 0297
- Date Range:
- 3 February 297
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 235 x 85 mm, housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 135 mm.
Script: Untidy cursive hand; four additional hands for the subscriptions from line 20.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Hermopolite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Hermopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 884-1178 from the Reverend Chauncey Murch (b. 1856, d. 1907) on 8 June 1901.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 959 descr.
SB XVIII 13309 - Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 441.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xlix, no. 959 descr.
J. David Thomas, ‘P. Lond, III 959 descr.: a receipt for wine for the Annona Militaris’, The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 22 (1985), pp. 349-356.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1993), pp., no. 13309.
D. Dzierzbickap, OINOS: production and import of wine in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Warsaw: University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration, Chair of Roman and Antique Law 2018), p. 235.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)